Word: eibl
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Dates: during 1970-1979
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There was nothing left for Harvard's baseball team to do last weekend but to play the role of spoiler in the EIBL race. And spoil it did, as the Crimson squad nailed contender Princeton. 3-1, on Friday, then edged hopeful Navy, 6.5. in the second game of a doubleheader on Saturday to squash the hopes of the Midshipmen...
Thought the Tigers took the first bite, it was Harvard that laughed last as the Crimson wiped out a 1-0 Princeton lead with a two-run eruption in the seventh and a one-run uprising in the ninth that closed the door on the Tigers' EIBL title hopes...
...split at Army left the Crimson's EIBL mark at 5-4 with five games left to play, while the Quakers have already piled up a 10-1 record. Only a Crimson surge in its last five EIBL contests, coupled with a total Penn collapse, will put Harvard back in the title picture...
Last year, the Crimson squad seemed out of contention for the title with six games to play, but miraculously swept two double-headers from Penn and Princeton to snatch the crown from the Quakers on the last day of the EIBL season...
This year the team has already lost to the Quakers, and will not have another chance to face them. If Harvard is to defend its title, it must win the rest of its games, and then hope that Penn and the Tigers are upset by the weaker EIBL teams...